Mike Flannigan

The Department of Geography at Memorial University (@MUNGeog) invites applications for a permanent, tenure-track, Assistant Professor position in Physical Geography. The deadline for applications is January 10, 2025. For full job ad and how to apply, see  tinyurl.com/5a2t3xrh

FNESS is hiring! 📢 The Mitigation Manager is responsible for the overall management, guidance, and direction of the Mitigation Department at FNESS. For more information visit: fness.bc.ca/mitigation-man…

Come work with us at TRU. We are hiring a new assistant/associate fire professor position. Closes 15 November 2024. tru.hua.hrsmart.com/hr/ats/Posting…

Congratulations to our student Kyle Elliot who just published his MSc research in the International Journal of Wildland Fire @IJWildlandFire. The Hot Dry Windy Index is a useful index to predict extreme spring fires in Alberta. publish.csiro.au/WF/WF24015

Wildfire Friday is coming to UNBC. This event explores wildfires and fosters connections between new researchers and experts. The day includes a panel at @tworiversart, followed by a keynote on from Dr. Kira Hoffman on campus. Tune in: unbc.ca/events/95046/n… #ThisIsUNBC

Total rainfall amounts to 12pm today and steadily counting. Effingham forestry weather station approaching the 300 mm mark while #NorthVan & Sunshine Coast over 140mm. #BCstorm #BCwx

Officially Dr. Baron! 🎓 Yesterday I passed the final defence of my PhD at @UBCForestry. Many thanks to all those who supported this journey over the past 5 years 🩷. Looking forward to the next chapter as Assistant Professor of Fire Ecology at @ubcokanagan! #PhDone #PhDLife

Ph.D. project studying bighorn sheep movement. Available immediately. See my website: grad.biology.ualberta.ca/boyce/msc-or-p…

An update -- this fire is a large intense PB, Lawrence Lake PB, tornado damage so heavy fuel loads. Possible excursion based on FIRMS firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/map/#m:advance…

A large and intense wildfire is burning in NWRN Ontario today - GOES East Geocolor and band 7 (mid-ir - red is a very intense fire) below. Can't recall this type of fire activity at this time of year in this region.

Today at the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development, during discussions on the recent Jasper fires, FPAC’s Kate Lindsay said, “We urge the federal government to elevate fire prevention and forest resilience as a national policy priority and provide the…

Job opportunity with Firesmart Canada! ca.indeed.com/job/firesmart-…

Long after the flames have gone out, the effects of large, #climate-fuelled #wildfires endure in Canada's boreal forest, making the ground warmer than normal more than a decade later, a study published in @NatureComms shows. @CanadaTrees @mikeflannigan theweathernetwork.com/en/news/climat…

Recorded breaking insurance losses in Canada due to extreme weather during summer 2024. ibc.ca/news-insights/… Expect even more losses in the future with even more extreme summer weather expected. nature.com/articles/s4159…

The Editors at @NatureComms have featured our recent paper 'Drivers and Impacts of the Record-Breaking 2023 Wildfire Season in Canada ' on the Editors’ Highlights webpage in the climate change impacts section nature.com/collections/hc…

Fire Weather sounds great to me!

Fire management folks first responders and emergency management folks, don't miss out on this Mission Critical Team Leader Training opportunity bit.ly/mctls24

"Climate whiplash" helps fuel extreme Western wildfires axios.com/2024/09/12/cal…

Honoured to be presenting this year's Vale Living with Lakes Centre Watershed Lecture. Friday October 4, 2024 from 12-1pm

Great work Kerryn!